+ Booklist 16:301 Je ’20
Reviewed by M. E. Bailey
Bookm 52:301 Ja ’21 780w Boston Transcript p4 My 19 ’20 850w
“Mr Stoddard’s book is one of the long series of publications devoted to the self-admiration of the white race. The books must be characterized as vicious propaganda, and deserve an attention not warranted by any intrinsic merit in their learning or their logic. The fundamental weakness of all books of this type, and eminently so of Mr Stoddard’s book, is a complete lack of understanding of the hereditary characteristics of a race as against the hereditary characteristics of a particular strain or line of descent.” Franz Boas
− Nation 111:sup656 D 8 ’20 980w
“A brilliant and highly suggestive survey.”
+ R of Rs 61:669 Je ’20 160w
“Many people will regard this book as highly dangerous and provocative. This verdict, though it might at first sight seem just, would be, we are convinced, short-sighted and unfair. When we say this we do not mean that we agree with every word of the premises put forward by Mr Stoddard or with all his conclusions; for we do not. What we do feel, however, is that it is a book which gives with vigour, and yet with essential moderation, most important and often most necessary warnings.”
+ − Spec 125:336 S 11 ’20 1550w + − Spec 125:367 S 18 ’20 2150w
“Because of its profound knowledge and eloquence this is a book that must be reckoned with. Had he been more moderate in his diagnosis and prognosis of the impending racial conflict, his book may have found fewer readers, but it would have been more convincing to the student of history and of public affairs.”